variants
also push bicycles
as in bikes
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
the vicar riding his sturdy push-bike used to be a common sight around the village
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Noun
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Until that happens, the ghost bikes will remain — stark, silent reminders of lives cut short and a call for safer streets.—
Alexa Liacko,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Four people died atop e-bikes, holding steady from last year.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Shaded by the forest canopy, locals chop firewood, bag recyclables or tinker with bicycles and electric scooters.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The trip feels oddly smooth, as the robotaxi cleanly shifts lanes and slows down to avoid hitting other vehicles and bicycles on the road.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Push-bikes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/push-bikes. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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